Work bench



E. ENGE.

WORK BENCH.

(No Model.)

N0. 350,819. Patented Oct. 12. 1886.

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WORK-BENCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,819, dated October 12, 1886.

Application filed June 10, 1886.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that l, ERNsT ENGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York,

vin the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Work-Benches, of which the following is a specication. l

This invention relates to that class of workbenches generally used by carpenters and cabinet-makers; and it consists in certain novel features of constructiomfully pointed out in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a horizontal section on the line x x, Fig". 8, looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing my bench secured to atable. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the liney y, Fig. l. Fig. 4isaplan View of the bottom section of the bench.

Similar lettersindicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, theletter A designates the body of my work-be11ch,\vl1ich is composed of two sections, the upper or main section, a, and the bottom section, b, which is secured to the main section by screws c. At each end of the bench are provided the necessary bench-vises, B, operated by screws D, by means of which the work is clamped between the movable viseheads d and the body of the bench, A. These movable vise-heads are each provided with guide-piecesf, which tit in guide-grooves g, out -into the upper or main section, c, of my bench in such a way that the under surfaces of the guide-pieces f are flush with the under surface of the main section a. The bottom section, b, is then secured to the upper section, a, as above described, thereby producing a work-bench smooth on both sides, the working parts of which are entirely protected from dust or shavings. In the old form of bench, the under side of which consists of an open frame, it was necessary to provide legs especially tted to this frame, as the construction of that form of bench would not permitits being secured to an ordinary table.

One of the objects of my invention is to overcome that difficulty, and with the smooth under side of my bench,with itsinclosed working parts, my bench can either be provided with legs in the old way or laid on a table or Serial No. 204,772. (No model.)

on a pair of horses-an advantage which will be self-evident. To secure the bench to the table or horses above mentioned, I provide clamps F, which turn on pivots It, and project from the under side of the bench. I secure these clamps to the upper surface of the bottom section, b, in which are formed circular slots z', through which the clamps pass. I prefer this method of fastening the clamps, as it leaves the bottom free and smooth; but it is obvious that they may also be secured in reccsses cut into the bottom section for that purpose. The purpose of pivoting these clamps is to permit either or both of them to act as a stop, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, iii-which one of the clamps passes over the front edge of the table and the other over one of the side edges, the former holding the bench in position against any force that 'would tend to push it sidewise,while the latter serves to hold it in position against an endwise movement.

Heretofore awork-bench has been composed of a table-top mounted on legs, and a visehead having guidelarms working in guideholes in one of the end traverses of the tabletop. An ironing-board haspalso been pivoted to a circular plate carrying rigidly-attached clamps and feet for connecting the board with an ordinary table, so that said board can swing around to any desired position. Such features, however, do not constitute my invention, and are not claimed by me.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A work-bench consisting ofI two horizontal upper and lower sections, a and b, joined together one upon the other, and the section a provided with guide-groovesg, a vise-head, d, having attached guide-pieces j', fitting said guide-grooves, means for operating the visehead, and clamps connected with the lower benchsection for detachahly connecting the bench in a fixed position to the edge of a table, substantially as described.

2. A work-bench consisting of two horizon? tal sections, a and b, joined together one upon the other, and the section a provided inits inner face with guide-grooves g, a vise-head, d, having attached guide-picces f, tting said grooves, with their under surfaces flush with the inner surface of the grooved section and IDO bearing against the inner surface of the other section, and meansfor operating the visehead, substantially as descrilted.

3. A work-bench consisting of the two horizontal sections a and b, joined together one upon the other, and the section b provided with slots i, and the clamps F, extending through the said slots and pivoted at their inner ends to the inner surface ofl said slotted section, said clamps serving to clamp the bench in a fixed position directly upon atable, and as stops to prevent endwise and sidewise movements of the bench, substantially as de scribed.

4. In a Work-bench, the combination, with the main section a, vise-head d, guide-piecesf,

projecting from said vise-head, guide-grooves r In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ERNST ENGE. [L s] A Witn esses Y OTTO HUFELAND, W. HAUFF. 

